“Slow Burn”: First published in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer Press, London, 1999. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Heinemann, London, 2002.

“Billie’s Blues”: First published by Rivages, France, 2002. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Heinemann, London, 2002 and Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Home”: First published in Sunday Night & Monday Morning, edited by James Urquhart, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2005. Reprinted in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2005, in The Best British Mysteries IV, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, 2006 and in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“The Sun, the Moon and the Stars”: First published in The Detection Collection, edited by Simon Brett, Orion, London, 2005. Reprinted in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Well, You Needn’t”: First published by Otava, Finland, 2004. Reprinted in Ambit magazine, No. 185, Summer 2006. Reprinted in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Going Down Slow”: First published as an ebook by Random House, London, 2014. Reprinted in special edition Arrow paperback for sale at Sainsbury’s, 2014.

“Chance”: published in Men from Boys, edited by John Harvey, Heinemann, London, 2003. Reprinted in The Best British Mysteries 2005, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, London, 2004. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Favour”: First published in Like a Charm, edited by Karin Slaughter, Century, London, 2004. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Asylum”: First published in Crime on the Move, edited by Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press, London, 2005. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Trouble in Mind”: First published by Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2007. Reprinted in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2008. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Ghosts”: First published in Il Giornale, Italy, August 2008. Reprinted in Ambit magazine, No 198, Autumn, 2009. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Fedora” : First published in Deadly Pleasures, edited by Martin Edwards, Severn House, London, 2013. Winner of the CWA Short Story Dagger, 2014.

“Dead Dames Don’t Sing” : First published as No.32 in the Bibliomystery Series, edited by Otto Penzler, Mysterious Bookshop, New York, 2016

Other Stories

“Due North”: First published in Crime in the City, edited by Martin Edwards, The Do Not Press, London, 2002. Reprinted in The Best British Mysteries, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby,London, 2003. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Drummer Unknown”: First published in Murder and All That Jazz, edited by Robert J. Randisi, Signet, New York, 2004. Reprinted in The Best British Mysteries 2006, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, London, 2005. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Snow, Snow, Snow”: First published in Greatest Hits, edited by Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf, New York, 2005. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.

“Just Friends”: First published in Damn Near Dead, edited by Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush, Houston, 2006. Reprinted in The Penguin Book of Crime Stories, edited by Peter Robinson, Penguin, Toronto, 2007 and in The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Constable & Robinson, 2008. Reprinted in A Darker Shade of Blue, William Heinemann, London, 2010.